Writing Selves Writing Societies Research from Activity Perspectives Edited by Charles Bazerman University of California, Santa Barbara David R. Russell Iowa State University The WAC Clearinghouse Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 Mind, Culture, and Activity: An International Journal University of California San Diego La Jolla, CA 92093

Intercultural Knowledge Building: The Literate Action of a Community Think Tank.............. 239

Participant and Institutional Identity: Self-representation Across Multiple Genres at a Catholic College....................................................................................................................... 280

Creating a Writer’s Identity on the Boundaries of Two Communities of Practice..................... 307

'Big Picture People Rarely Become Historians': Genre Systems and the Contradictions of General Education .................................................................................................................. 331

What Is Not Institutionally Visible Does Not Count: The Problem of Making Activity Assessable, Accountable, and Plannable .................................................................................... 428